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Maquoketa city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Maquoketa city is a Census city of 6,075 people across 4.52 square miles of land, lying across Jackson County and Clinton County. Median household income is $60,240, 70.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 4 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.8 m.
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Maquoketa
What Maquoketa is
- Census place typecity
- Land area4.52 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,345
- County holding the largest share of its areaJackson County, 93.5 percent
- Counties this place lies inJackson County 93.5 percent, Clinton County 6.5 percent
Maquoketa city crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Maquoketa
How many people live in Maquoketa
- Population6,075
- Median age42.6
- Population under 181,333
- Share under 1821.9 percent
- Population 65 and over1,336
- Share 65 and over22.0 percent
- Households2,669
- Family households1,591
- Share of households that are families59.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Maquoketa
Income and work in Maquoketa
- Median household income$60,240
- Per capita income$34,694
- Civilian labor force2,941
- Employed2,687
- Unemployed254 plus or minus 168
- Unemployment rate8.6 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Adults 25 and over4,361
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher19.7 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.4 percent plus or minus 2.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Maquoketa
Housing in Maquoketa
- Housing units2,823
- Occupied units2,669
- Vacant units154 plus or minus 83
- Vacancy rate5.5 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Owner occupied1,867
- Renter occupied802 plus or minus 171
- Ownership rate70.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$132,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$795
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.8 percent
- Single family units2,105
- Share single family74.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more443 plus or minus 133
- Share in buildings of two or more15.7 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Mobile homes275 plus or minus 118
- Median year structure built1964
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Maquoketa
How Maquoketa gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,372
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,305
- Share commuting under 15 minutes55.0 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more703 plus or minus 172
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more29.6 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Drove alone77.8 percent
- Carpooled10.1 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.0 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Worked from home10.1 percent plus or minus 4.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Maquoketa
SBA loans in Maquoketa (7(a))
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$2,791,000
- Average approval$697,750
- Median approval$800,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,300,000
- Largest approval$1,300,000
- Jobs supported49
- Jobs per approval12.3
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Paid in full3
- Charged off0
- Median term180 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more25.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 3 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Maquoketa
SBA loans in Maquoketa (504)
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$1,846,000
- Average approval$461,500
- Median approval$378,000
- Largest approval$817,000
- Jobs supported9
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Jackson County, not Maquoketa
Jackson County context, not Maquoketa figures
These are Jackson County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Maquoketa measurements.
- Establishments in Jackson County515
- Employment at those establishments, Jackson County4,717
- Covered employment, Jackson County5,869
- Average annual pay, Jackson County$45,236
- Average weekly wage, Jackson County$870
- Housing units permitted, Jackson County23
- Of those, single family, Jackson County23
- County product, 2024, Jackson County$906,681,000
- County product change over the prior year, Jackson County6.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Jackson County$59,573
Every figure in this section is published for Jackson County as a whole and is not a measurement of Maquoketa. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Maquoketa questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Maquoketa, Iowa?
6,075, in 2,669 households. Maquoketa city covers 4.52 square miles of land, which is 1,345 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Maquoketa in?
Maquoketa lies in more than one. By area it is 93.5 percent in Jackson County, 6.5 percent in Clinton County. This page sits under Jackson County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Maquoketa?
$60,240. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $132,500. Median gross rent is $795 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Maquoketa businesses?
4 7(a) approvals totalling $2.8 m, across 3 lenders, median approval $800,000, plus 4 504 approvals worth $1.8 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Maquoketa, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Maquoketa borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Maquoketa. only 3 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Maquoketa figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Jackson County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Maquoketa.
Is zoning published for Maquoketa?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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